Event #53: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 3 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-29-2021 18:39 UTC-7

Tommy Le Eliminated in 9th Place ($97,254)

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ka Kwan Lau raised on the button and Tommy Le defended his big blind to a flop. Both players checked to the turn, and Le led out with a pot-sized bet of 510,000. Lau then raised enough to put Le all in, and Le went into the tank. After a few minutes of deliberation, Le made the call and was at risk.

Tommy Le:
Ka Kwan Lau:

Lau was ahead with two pair, and Le missed his draws on the river to end another deep PLO run in 9th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	8,700,000 2,400,000	2,400,000

Tommy Le	Busted

Tags: Ka Kwan Lau Tommy Le

10-29-2021 18:25 UTC-7

Final Table Redraw

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Tommy Le	1,900,000	32
2	Veselin Karakitukov	3,750,000	63
3	Maxx Coleman	3,800,000	63
4	Charles Sinn	1,275,000	21
5	Shaun Deeb	6,650,000	111
6	John Beauprez	3,050,000	51
7	David Benyamine	2,600,000	43
8	Ka Kwan Lau	6,300,000	105
9	Ben Lamb	2,720,000	45

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	6,650,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Ka Kwan Lau	6,300,000 50,000	50,000

Maxx Coleman	3,800,000 400,000	400,000

Veselin Karakitukov	3,750,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000
John Beauprez	3,050,000 300,000	300,000

Ben Lamb	2,720,000 -60,000	-60,000

David Benyamine	2,600,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tommy Le	1,900,000 150,000	150,000

Charles Sinn	1,275,000 115,000	115,000

10-29-2021 18:19 UTC-7

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Lara Neacy

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

10-29-2021 18:16 UTC-7

Nathan Zimnik Eliminated in 10th Place ($79,631)

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

From the cutoff Nathan Zimnik raised, John Beauprez three-bet to the size of the pot from the big blind and Zimnik called.

The flop came . Beauprez bet the pot and Zimnik called putting himself all in.

It was another aces vs kings situation as things looked very grim for Zimnik as he was behind holding the while Beauprez had the .

The turn was the to leave Zimnik drawing dead as the river was a meaningless to bring the field to the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Beauprez	2,750,000 1,705,000	1,705,000

Nathan Zimnik	Busted

Tags: John Beauprez Nathan Zimnik

10-29-2021 18:12 UTC-7

Lamb Doubles Through Lau

Josh Noy

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ben Lamb's early position raise was called by Ka Kwan Lau to the flop. Lamb continued with a pot-sized bet of 510,000 to see Lau instantly check-raise all-in. Lamb called and the cards were turned up.

Ben Lamb:
Ka Kwan Lau:

Lamb was behind Lau's two paur and asked the dealer for "high cards", which he got on the turn and river. Lamb's straight was good to double up and recover some chips from Lau.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	6,250,000 -1,550,000	-1,550,000

Ben Lamb	2,780,000 1,480,000	1,480,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Ka Kwan Lau

10-29-2021 18:05 UTC-7

Matthew Wantman Eliminated in 11th Place ($79,631)

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Matthew Wantman raised it up from early position and Tommy Le three-bet from the blinds. Wantman moved in the last of his chips for around 700,000 and Le quickly called.

Matthew Wantman:
Tommy Le:

The flop came to give Le trip sixes and a flush draw. The on the turn improved Le to a flush but Wantman still had a few outs to a full house. The on the river was not enough and Wantman exited in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Le	1,750,000 100,000	100,000

Matthew Wantman	Busted

Tags: Tommy Le Matthew Wantman

10-29-2021 17:58 UTC-7

Lau Takes the Chip Lead

Josh Noy

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ka Kwan Lau called Ben Lamb's raise to the flop, where Lamb continued for 175,000. Lau called to see the turn, and check-called again after Lamb bet 375,000. Lamb fired again on the river and Lau took his time before making a big call.

Ka Kwan Lau:
Ben Lamb:

Lau completed a flush on the river after holding trip jacks, as Lamb's aces went into the muck. Lau took down the monster pot to move into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	7,800,000 2,850,000	2,850,000

Ben Lamb	1,300,000 -2,600,000	-2,600,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Ka Kwan Lau

10-29-2021 17:47 UTC-7

Karakitukov and Zimnik Trending in Opposite Directions

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Veselin Karakitukov raised to 150,000 in the cutoff and Nathan Zimnik called from the big blind. The flop came and Zimnik check-called a bet of 150,000 from Karakitukov.

The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Zimnik checked again and Karakitukov put together a bet of 420,000. Zimnik mulled it over for a minute but decided to send his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Veselin Karakitukov	5,000,000 200,000	200,000
Nathan Zimnik	770,000 -730,000	-730,000

Tags: Nathan Zimnik Veselin Karakitukov

Level: 24

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

10-29-2021 17:40 UTC-7

Farhad Jamasi Eliminated in 12th Place ($66,912)

Josh Noy

Level 23 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ka Kwan Lau opened to 135,000 and Farhad Jamasi raised for much of his remaining stack to 455,000. Lau called to see the flop and snap-called when Jamasi shipped the rest of his stack.